Pitman Company

Agfa Graphics North America has been promoted Jim Sause to Executive Vice-President of Sales and Marketing.

Agfa Corporation and xpedx announced a joint decision to end their long-standing relationship on December 2, 2010, after xpedx terminated their dealer agreement. Effective on February 28, 2011, xpedx will end its distribution of Agfa-branded graphics products in the United States.

RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.—Agfa Graphics and the Pitman Company have teamed up for GRAPH EXPO 2010—two booths (2611 and 844) with one goal: help customers grow sales.

News on suppliers to the packaging printing industry, including Agfa Graphics acquisition of The Pitman Company and HP’s VIP Labels & Packaging Event in Israel.

MORTSEL, Belgium—Agfa Graphics announced that it has signed an agreement to purchase the assets of the Harold M. Pitman Company, a U.S. supplier of prepress, industrial inkjet, pressroom, and packaging printing products and systems.

ROCHESTER, N.Y.—Eastman Kodak Company announced that it has named xpedx as the company’s primary U.S. national authorized reseller for Kodak’s suite of commercial prepress products.

TOTOWA, N.J.—Pitman Company, a supplier for the graphics communications industry for more than 100 years, has affirmed its commitment to its customer base in response to Kodak’s announcement about distribution realignment. Servicing customers remains Pitman’s number one focus.

TOTOWA, N.J.—The board of directors of the Pitman Company announced that it has appointed Anthony P. Crupi, Sr. as chief executive officer. Crupi was recently named to the Pitman board of directors.

GENT, Belgium—i-cut, inc., a new OEM business unit developed from EskoArtwork's acquisition of Mikkelsen Graphics Engineering (MGE), will show the benefits of digital finishing technology to 'design, RIP, print, finish, and deliver' at ISA International Sign Expo 2009, April 15-18 in Las Vegas. The company will display its new i-cut 7.0 as well as its i-script and ai-cut technologies.

CHICAGO—Pitman Company will offer Kodak NEXPRESS Digital Production Color Presses and Kodak DIGIMASTER Digital Production Systems to its customers in the United States. In response to growing demand and customer interest, Kodak and Pitman announced an expansion of their collaboration today at Graph Expo. Pitman, one of the largest distributors to the graphic arts market, has served as an authorized reseller of Kodak’s prepress solutions to the commercial printing market for more than 40 years. “The addition of Kodak NEXPRESS presses and DIGIMASTER systems to our portfolio provides ideal solutions for our customers who want to adopt digital printing technology for a